Foxit Reader Title Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
7 Oct 2010
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RISK: Medium Risk
A vulnerability has been identified in Foxit Reader, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when attempting to set the window title text and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted PDF document containing an overly long title.Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Foxit Reader versions prior to 4.2.0.0928
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- Update to Foxit Reader version 4.2.0.0928
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/
Vulnerability Identifier
- No CVE information is available
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